| Something about "data-based means of judging teachers" smacks of anti-intellectualism. This is the sort of made-up activity that steals time from teaching and ultimately consumes a lot of time with minimal rewards.Please give at least equal attention to the 70% of teachers who have job assignments without VAMs (no state-wide tests). For this majority, USDE promotes Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) or Student Growth Objectives (SGOs), a version of 1950s management-by-objectives on steroids. Teachers who have job-alike assignments fill in a template to describe an extended unit or course they will teach. A trained evaluator rates the SLO/SGO (e.g. ??high quality ? to ??unacceptable ? or ??incomplete ? )... read more about REAL EVALUATION... |
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